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Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16
Bob Burdefts In the PuIuft

Robert J. Burdetts, who has more friends
and fewer enemies than any living writer IN
his peculiar branch Of rhetorical literature.
has been elected a deacon Ia his Barys{ss
church at Lower Merton, Pa AMI lie VII
not De mere figure bead in the Office either.
When Mr. Buriesfe was s1rBsDerlny in tks
AdiroDdacks last year he Eas hunted down
IN his retreat by the trustees 81 Little Bap-
t4st church Gb,Dut four n1ile- from his carap.
who insisted that. in the aLsssnce of any rexn-
lar pastor, be should fl fhe yzsiass. With
ms customary good nature be eornplszt. and
for several sgccesiye sundays u . xosce tha.
bad many tizse roUsel the nzirtls Il srs sr.sed
halz - Il toSd the sto-Y of Tom and T@,1r. "a,
the ARise and Pan Of the Nustsche7 was
beard IN Tie pulfsit q that Ii r church Hs
preached not only fun bui fssse. AVIATION
m every =eszse u toe word, Tor Ee charged
The good brethren nothing Whatever for bIs
servfess.-CEicago Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16

uruy or three hundred millions OF dollars by
men to whom the Babel of Wall street is not
uproar and confusion.
One reason why all meet in this way every
day is that by doing SO they get their lunch
con for nothing. That may sound ridiculous
to any one who supposes that rich men after
getting their money by thrift suddenly be-
come dead to their early training, but, how
ever that may be, the friends of at least two
of this little company declare it to be a fact
that they are glad to economic in this way.
There is no such daily conclave in the world.
1t is really grand daily inquisition at which
railroads and great corporations Of many
kinds are apt to be discussed in manner
most important to investors the worldover-
tragically, it may be, or happily or desul-
torily-Julian Ralph's Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16
THE BOYS OF ETON.
Children of Royalty and Rank-The Boy
Wh0 Are HReffers,, of ENeryh0dY Eliza.


Who Are "Betters" of Everybody Else.
The college, as it is called-a huge school
for boys-stands, as verybody knows, under
the castle walls of Windsor, and the grounds
stretch along the banks of the Thames, rival
ing the royal Home park in exquisite beauty
of verdure and softness of outline with their
vistas Of oaks and miles of sward. The boys
of Eton are the children of the most impor-
tant people of England Men put their sons
names down for Eton as soon as they are
born, as they do for the great clubs. The
struggle for admission is prodigious, even
among those who are entitled to such prece-
dence flor rank counts at school as it does at
court or anywhere else in England, and the
rich parvenus pay enormous sums to place
their boys in the company of those who will
one day become dukes and earls.
These boys have race on the Thames on
the 4th of June, and all their noble and gentle
relations go down to see them row. There are
luncheons at the houses of the various mas
ters, and the very great people indeed are in
vited by the provost. Then under the trees
and on the lawns YOU may see the bearers Of
half the great names in England watching
the race, holding the smaller boys by the
hand or crowding around royal parsonage
to uncover or PROSTATE themselves, for roy
atty is held to take a special interest in this
great school. The Eton boys are often ad-
mitted to make demonstrations of their 10y
atty i'll the very presence Of the sovereign;
and the 4th of June without the presence of
some scion of the royal race would be incom-
pete indeed. The boys themselves, with their
short jackets and high hats and broad collars
"a costume no longer worn anywhere else
add to the effect of one of the prettiest scenes
of the social year.
The same boys attract the same audiences
at other times; for boys of the upper classes
are important people in England. Those
who ara to be peers learn that fact very soon
from the Difference shown them, and all eid-
est sons feel their own consequence, while
even the younger children OF the nobility are
"the betters1 Of everybody else. There are
cricket matches between the boys of Eton
and Harrow, the other of the great schools,
which rivals Eton as Cambridge does Oxford,
and presses it hard Many pronounce Cam
bridge superior for scholarship to Oxford.
and Harrow better for the boys than Eton;
but Oxford and Eton have the stamp OF su-
perior caste. There is not snob in the
country who would hesitate q moment in
sending his son; and the instincts Of that sort
of people are unerring. They may not attain
social greatness themselves, or even approach
it, but they know where TO find it, as a dog
does e truff1e. They prefer Eton to Harrow
Adam Badeau's Letter
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16
PRIVATI0NS OF WAR.
HARDSHlPS OF A FAMILY IN THE
WOODS OF LOUISIANA.

Home life in Deserted and Resource
less Country with Hardly a Man Left
in 1.-THE Food Question a Serious
One.
We started out upon the privations of
the war just after disastrous fire that
swept away all those ante bellum accumu-
1atiocs that proved of such inestimable
value to all fortunate possessors. so we
did not even have the advantage of
gradual decline, but just bumped down
suddenly, as it were, from the soft bed of
ease to the hard floor of discomfort.
Upon the fall of New Orleans we 'trefu-
geed'' about fifty miles above the city on
fne Jackson railroad, as it was then called.
The country around us was very thinly
settled, the people generally poor, igno-
rant and primitive, and seemed as strange
to US as we ''city folks'' did to them. Oh,
those strange, dark days of war times"
they lingef yet in my memory like some
weird, vivid dream. Part of the time my
father was with us and part of it in the
army, but his presence or absence made
little real difference in our condition. He
being delicate city bred man was almost
rs helpless in that beating storm of hard.
experienced mother and her brood of
young children. And as the years went
by and the war cloud settled down darker
and deeper all over the land, and times
grew harder and harder everywhere, if /
told all the hardships and struggles of
those days / fear some of it would be
taken for Munchausen like exaggeration.
Il was 4 lonely, deserted. resourceless
hat. lx- loft in
w some of those families of women and
children managed to live at all is mys-
terry to me. | think we came as near liv-
ing on nothing as mortals ever did,
though my mother and young sister of
hers who lived with us had their share of
that hard and brave struggle for which
our southern women are so rightfully hon.
ored throughout the length and breadth of
the land Every article of beauty or
value that had escaped the fire was sold
or traded for the necessaries of life. One
Of my brothers, little fellow about 10
years old, walked to Clinton, La, about
fifty miles, believe, carrying in his arms
a handsome guitar of my mothers, which
was sold TO an officer of the garrison
there, who also bought from her pair of
huge silver mounted dueling pistols, heir
looms, which we children saw go with ex-
ueme regret, as they were objects of our
lifelong awe and admiration, though we
grew accustomed TO seeing many other OBJ
iects of value depart in the same way.
In fact, we sold everything that any one
could be induced to buy. We had large
Tin bath tub, round, and painted green,
and a well to do farmer having expressed
desire TO buy it for the tin, the little
boys were promptly dispatched with it,
and my aunt went along to make the bar
gain The presumptive purchaser lived
two or three miles distant, and the boys
rolled the tub there like hoop Upon
loser inspection he decided that it would
do for what he wanted, and so they
the roll it back again-a labor not &C
~ I'd without considerable loss of
me Z, green paint.
nd aunt grew very prof.
slmetto hats, and sold q
little brothers carry
town, which was
7lber once when
rose early
,und COW
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16
A Liquor Made from Bananas.

The Indian AgricultVrist calls attention to
the fact that India abounds in bananas or
plantains, and wonders that the fruit has
never been employed in the dissillation of a
fermented liquor The common prickly pear
has been utilized for this purpose in Malaga,
and with considerable advantage TO the dis
tillers: and it now appears that missionaries
in the Cougo region have discovered that q
beverage made OF bananas Is a preventive Of
malarial feyers A banana liquor company
has recently been started IN India for pro-
ducing banana liquor In either an alcoholic
or non-alcoholic form, and which can lie used
with equal advantage a. an ordinary liquor
or diluted with hot or cold or soda water.
For the temperatures of northern regions,
including England, it viii probsbly be best
esteemed in conjunction with brandy q other
spirits.-Sciensifc American
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16

Mrs. J. Wells Ohampney, the wife Of tbs
artist, is making picturesque record cf ths
childhood Of her two children She catches
them unawares in al sorts Of attitudes and
with many various expTumscrA 7hey are
al being pasted in big book. which win b
morS interesting to tAe0 ycung cnas . thU
grow oid1 faan any oeAg pom1b1e IgUnV.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16

Mrs. Arch.. Shaw, CT Lawrencebn,-E, Ind /,
l. .il,,.y 10 E.ahe 4 fO.iu.e out OF Il duS'pan
laat SIC :aS .-stsl:;e>i. it Is ia appearance
like hait r,at; tie fat siie lies on the
carpet; it can be easily ntoresl win q broan
.cr foot, aud when lifted by tie baii tips back
ward a little "a, prevent he dust falling o1k
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Bait for the Canadians.

Messrs. Hamilton & Co. of Chebeague.
who handle larger quantities of clam bait
than other dealers in this vicinity, have this
year sold from 1000 to $500 barrels of bait to
Canadian fishermen. The bait has been sold
mostly in small lots. In the same time last
year this firm sold from 5000 to $500 barrels.
Some of the Canadians are beginning to look
for bait in Canadian territory. Churchill
and johnson Of Locksport, N. s., who last
year bought 1900 barrels of bait of Hamilton
d Co., this year secured two cargoes from
Point Lepreaux and have purchased only
200 barrels here The firm evidently at the
beginning of the season feared that the
American markets would be denied them as
a purchasing place for bait and this feeling
was probably shared by many other Cana
dian dealers
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
The Challenge Cur Reeatta.

The annual regatta Of the Portland Yacht
Club will come off June 10th, and the regat-
ia committee, Messrs. Moseley, Larrabee,
Virgin and Stevens, have, through Secre-
tary George Doane Rand, issued the follow
ing circular:
All yachts OF the Portland Yacht Club intending
TO participate in these races, must make entry, il
writing, to the chairman of the regatta Committee
or to the secretary of the club before 10 a. m. Of
June 10th.
The start will be flying one, the line being sit
uateu petweeh tne Ciup House and stake boat
atory signal will be fired at 1880 a. M The sec
ond gun, at l0.45, as signal for the yachts to
hold themselves in readiness. The third gun. at
IL O'Clock, for the start OF the second class The
fourth gun, at ILL for the start OF the third
class. Yachts will be allowed 10 minutes from
the time OF the starting gum within which TO cross
will be ruled out.
Any owner or captain, having COMPLAINT To
make, must notify the committee in writing i'm
mediately after the races. The committee will
appoint time to examine such complaint and no
tfy all persons interested.
Sec0nd-claSS yachts on getting the signal will
proceed down the harbor, leaving the bu0ys on
Stanford and Spring Point lodges on the star
board hand, House Island on the port hand ont
by White Head ship channel, leaving outer Green
Island on the starboard hand thence TO the buoy
mo. 81, on Trundy's Reef, leaving it on the star
board hand, and in ship channel, leaving Jordan;s
Reef buoy on the starboard hand to the starting
point (lS mileS)
Third-class yachts on getting the signal will
leave Club House, passing down the harbor, Ieay-
ing Stanford and Spring Point Ledge buoys on
starboard hand, Fort Gorges ON port, thence pass
ing around House Island, leaving it on starboard
hand, in ship channel, leaving Spring Point and
Stanford Ledge buoys on port hand, back to start
ing point, rounding stake boat, leaving same on
starb0ard hand. Repeat the course. When fin
ishing, yachts will pass between the stake-boat
and the Club House.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
PERSONAL.

Senator Gilbert of Oxford county was in
town yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. Blanchard will lecture on sAbra-
ham Lincoln" at Westbrookr Seminary, to-
morrow afternoon, at o'clock.
Hon. Clark H. Barker left Portland yester-
day noon. and will possibly take up his resi-
dence in Kansas. He takes with him the
best wishes of all our citizens.
Rev. Mr.. Daniels, Of this city, delivered an
address in Brunswick on Sunday morning
last, before the students connected with the
Young Mems Christian Association. at
which there was a large attendance. Mr..
Daniels will deliver the opening sermon be-
fore the State Conference on Tuesday. at
Augusta.
The Augusta Journal says: "Hon. Arson
P. Morrill, reached his eighty-fourth birth
day last Friday. He is still remarkably
smart and vigorous for man of his age, and
is frequently seen on the street. His grounds
and lawn are among the neatest and best
kept in town, and he gives much attention to
themn
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Overheard off Cape Hattoras.

As the schooner B. C. Cromwell of this
port, Capt A. ]. York, was off Cape Hat
teras on her last voyage into New York, the
steward, Nicholas Morspan. of Cape Eliza
beth, had narrow escape. One morning,
when the schooner was making about six
knots an hour over quite heavy sea, the
steward was engaged in running clothes
line across the deck. He got upon the rail,
steadying himself by the line. But the line
broke and the man went overheard. He
cried for help and the main sheet was
thrown to him just in time for him to get
hold of it. A moment later and Mr.. Mors-
pan would have been at the mercy of the sea
until the vessel could have been put about, a
small boat lowered, and rowed to his assist
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
The Press Key Check system

To the Editor of the Press:
Allow me to say word in favor of the
new key check system recently inaugurated
by you. With many others, on seeing your
first notice of 1t, at once availed myself of
its use. 1t is of great service, and at the
very small cost of twenty-five cents.
A few months since, 1 lost in the street
my bunch of keys, with my name attached,
and falling into honest hands were soon re-
stored to me. But suppose they had fallen
into dishonest hands, they might have been
used to my disadvantage, and put me to
much inconvenience. Now, instead of a
name, we have my number, which is regis
tered by you, and with your offer of one dol.
lar reward If returned to your office, the re-
ward will bring the keys home at once, as
the party finding them could not know to
whom they belong, and could not make use
OF them. 1t is good thing, and has only to
be examined to be adopted at once
A SUBSCRIBER.
Portland, June 10. 1887.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
The Valera Chartered.

Captain Haskell's steamer Valera has been
chartered for the summer by Mr.. Edmund
Quincy, of Boston, and will go to that port
next week. Captain Haskell will remain in
command of the steamer. Mr.. Quincy is a
yachtsman who has an eye to the weather.
As he sails from port to port in his schooner,
the Dorothy O., this season, the Valera will
steam along near by ready to tow the yacht
when the wind fails. In port the steamer
will be used as tender for the Dorothy, and
also for trips in places where the sailing ves-
sci could not he taken
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Dominican Refrigerator Co.

The Dominican Refrigerator Co. has been
organized to acquire and hold concession
granted by the Republic of San Domingo Of
the exclusive right of manufacturing ice and
maintaining refrigerator store houses in the
territory of said republic for a term of fifty
years, commencing in May, 1886.
President-J. w, Cogswell.
Treasurer-F II. Bodwen.
Directors-F. r. Bodwell, S. ii. Whitney.
Capital, S., SOC, 900; paid In, $50.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14

Yesterday was summer day. The ner-
curry rose to $40 and the wind was west.
The mackerel are reported to be in small
schools this season.
The Fresh Air fund now amounts to about
$500.
The Maine Medical Association will hold
their annual meeting here this week, begin.
ming at 10 o'clock this morning
Mr.. S. b. Kelsey, Of the firm Of Ryan &
Kelsey, has presented the Portland Club
with handsome national flag.
III. N. Jose and John C. Tukesbury have
bought fifty acres of land on Long Island OF
{. 7. Ingraham.
A horse car horse fell into ditch at the
read of Chestnut street yesterday afternoon
was badly bruised.
diocesan convention of the Episcopal
Church will be held at st. Luke's Cathedral
in this city today and tomorrow.
Daniel j. Farr and Florence Mccarthy
have been appointed permanent watchmen-
new branch Of service-at the Custom
House.
contract for erecting the corn factory
buildings at Hallowell has been awarded Mr..
ably commence work at once.
The Cumberland County Dental Society
has elected Henry Kimball, president; w. F.
Giddings. vice president; d. w. Fellows,
treasurer.
Mr.. Sommers Of Dover, N. H., having
made the lowest bid, STOPS per cubic yard,
has received the contract for removing the
ledge between Twin Islands in the Saco
river.
+. L. Bartlett has shipped fifty-ton lead
and silver smelling plant to the Phoenix
Mining Company, hot Springs, Ark. Quinn
q Co. made the Jacket furnaces, and Ii. w.
Chapman the 30 light dynamo.
Mr.. Murdoch, of Murdoch q Freeman,
bravely stopped runaway horse on Satur-
day, thereby saving young man. the occu-
pant Of the team, from injury. But he badly
famed his own knee.
The annual meeting Of the Portland Club
will be held at the City Club House tomor-
row at p m. The principal business will
be the election of five members to serve
three years on the executive committee of
the club, which consists of fifteen members.
The Tempus returned Monday from sue
cessful tour to the eastward, having touched
at Boothbay, Christmas Cove, Wiscasset,
Five Islands, and other harbors along the
coast, and had good weather with the excep-
ton Of one day.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Colby UNIVERSITY.

COLBY UNIVERSITY.
The following are the names Of the CON-
mencement speakers of the Senior class, ~
o. L. Burrage, w. Bradbury. C. E. Cook, W. -
Farr. f. II. Goodwin, A. w Smith. Miss nj. r.
Kingsley, Miss B. A. Mortimer, Miss NJ. T. Prey
For the Junior exhibition class 'SS, the fol-
lowing appointments have been announced
H Fletcher, G Z Holbrook, W. b. sucking ,J J.
M. Z. Farr Miss L. Fletcher Miss II. 4. Merrill
Miss A. E. Sawtelle.
BATES COLLEGE.
The fourth lecture in the College series
delivered last Thursday evening by Rev. w
Ii. Bolster. go, of Weymouth, Mass, was
one of the best in the course. Mr.. Bolster is
strong and original thinker, an eloquent
and powerful speaker.
The Eurosophian Society received theiI
members and invited friends at their rooms
last Friday evening.
A. A. Mainwaring. 30, will supply the
Baptist pulpit at Leeds for the remainder Of
the year.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Greenwood Garden.

This evening at the Opera House there
will be dancing. An order of IL dances will
be given. Thursday afternoon and evening
the first lawn party of the season will be
given. There will be.a band concert after
noon and avening In the evening the Gar
den will be brilliantly Illuminated with
Chinese lanterns, and there will be display
OF fireworks from different parts of the Gar
dem
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Fourth of ,Iuiv.

AT meeting of the Fourth. of July COM
mittee last evening it was voted to have a
balloon ascension from Lincoln Park in the
afternoon. The programme for the day is
now Literary exercises in City Hall in
the forenoon; childrens' concert, band con-
cert and day fireworks in Deering Park in
the afternoon, commencing at o'clock, and
the balloon ascension at Lincoln Park at
o'clock; exhibition Of fireworks in the eve
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14

Rev. Edward Everett Hale will read his
story "In His Name" at Congress street
church tonight, which has been kindly placed
at his disposition. AS assisting artists Mrs.
Clark Cushing, soprano and Mrs. Morrison.
contralto, will sing, accompanied by Mr..
Harvey Murray, pianist. The advertisement
tells where tickets can be procured
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate in
this county have been recorded at the Regis
try Of Deeds:
Portland-Robert ]. Bayes to Edward Hasty,
real estate. 81.
WnslOw Lawton, Jr., to Carrie V. Lawtop al
and other consideration.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Turnyereln Field paY.

The members of the Portland Turnverein
with their friends and ladies will 60 on their
second annual Field Day to Great Chebeague
Island today. Boats will leave Harpswell
Steamboat Company at 9 o'clock. An extra
trip will be made to accommodate those who
cannot 60 on the early boats at / O'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14

III Auburn, June 8, Herbert A. Herman Of Au
burn and Miss L: Mildred Brown Of Harmony.
In Liyermore Falls, June 5, Robert Burnham
and Miss Nellie A. Dunhan.l !,
In vassalboro. June o, Melton A. Rollins and
Miss Jennie ID. Savage.
In Union, June 8, Palmer M. Ryan and Emma
The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
Portland Directory.

The Portland Directory for 1887 will be
out Thursday. The directory. without ad-
vertisements, embraces GIG pages. As the
publishers say:
The street directory Is more and more
priced every year. 1t has won its way into
the family, and the ladies consider it indis
pensable. There they can find precisely
where to go, and who occupies the next
house.
The omission of the list Of vessels in this
customs district last year, has revealed
a demand for it that we had no knowledge
OF before-never word of interest In Il
having been expressed. We insert it again.
and have taken every means to have it absO..
lutely correct, hoping it will be appreciated
as another item nowhere else to be found but
in this book.
Business in all branches has been active
the past year. More buildings were erected
than for several years previous-9I of wood
and 80 of brick. A large portion of these
have been put up by young men to be occu-
pied by themselves. These new buildings
have added about 100000 to our taxable
property.
Exports for the year ending May /, were
$10,274,76S; imports, $9,453.955 handsome
increase over the nrecpdinp wear